In recent months, there’s been much publicity about the benefits and economies of operating laundry plants completely ‘steam-free.’ Indeed, there have even been claims that the new installation at West Michigan Shared Hospital Laundry (WMSHL) reviewed in the March 2010 and February 2011 editions of Textile Rental, may have been, not only the ‘first steam-free plant in North America, but even in the world.’
 
The WMSHL plant certainly is groundbreaking in North America in terms of size and specific type of energy in use. However, any claim that it ‘may be the first in the world’ is ...